Wonder if it's alphabet organisation driven. Seem to recall one of them didn't want Bivol to fight for a title? Obviously the oil money made that go away but wouldn't surprise me if it was a condition.
It's also amusing how the British boxing community landed this gig - not just the promoters, but imagine you're Victor Loughlin or Steve Gray, working a card like this; Brendan Lyons doing the security; even yer men Trieber and Sahni punching well above their weight (pun intended). It must be like they've won the lottery.
Listing all those different federations is almost comical. Not a huge UFC fan but the single belt thing I can appreciate
Eddie Hearn waxing lyrical about it was even more cringe now. I hadn't seen it until just there and glad I avoided it. Everything these cavemen do is just pish. Much rather have a tanked up, rowdy, British or yank crowd and proper atmosphere. It's better than this stale, sterile, pish !